'Will send Indian to space by 2022': PM Modi's I-Day promise

An Indian astronaut, be it a man or a woman, will go on a space odyssey by 2022 on board Gaganyaan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort.

He said when India celebrates 75th year of Independence in 2022, and if possible even before, an Indian son or daughter will undertake a manned space mission on board Gaganyaan carrying the national flag.